Got into this car to avoid Mind the Gap , with whom she used to work. Tube theatre was fun but was never going to make any money. Tina took the basic idea and came with up a few scams of her own.
First she hired out student actors for parties. The actors insulted the hosts who had prearranged scripts with brilliant replies. But that required the hosts to perform. Some of them sounded like they were reading. Others forgot their lines. Some of them didn't pay.
So Tina eliminated the host. Instead, her actors staged blazing rows in the middle of dinner parties, breaking sugar plates over each other's heads. It was trendy for a while.
The idea takes hold. No one to invite to your wedding? Hire some attractive guests. Rent a jolly best men who can deliver a genuinely funny speech. Embarrassed by your parents? Hire some others. Told the boss that you went to Oxford? Hire yourself some old classmates, every one guaranteed genuine Oxbridge.
In three years' time, Tina will be a millionaire.